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- From: xyzzy@mertwig.UUCP (Daniel Drucker)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Computer Superstition
- Message-ID: <cN8muB3w165w@mertwig.UUCP>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 09:36:23 EST
- References: <1992Nov18.132507.22731@bnr.uk>
- Organization: Odd Parity Hacker's Group
- Lines: 26
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- agc@bmdhh286.bnr.ca (Alan Carter) writes:
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- > In article <10292323.7317.11306@kcbbs.gen.nz>, Murray_Moffatt@kcbbs.gen.nz (M
- > |> We've all heard of common superstitions such as not walking under ladders
- > |> and throwing salt over your left shoulder if you spill some, but are
- > |> there any superstitions to do with computers?
- > |>
- >
- > How about the way that UNIX System Administrators type
- >
- > sync
- > sync
- > sync
- >
- > at shutdown time, when one sync would be quite enough? When questioned
- > they sometimes give the lame excuse that this gives the first one time
- > to work! I was taught to do this, and still do, even though I have
- > figured it out for myself that it is nonsense.
-
- Say it four times and the beast re-awakens.
-
- -- "Xyzzy T. Plugh" mertwig!xyzzy@jaflrn.uucp
- Amateur radio callsign pending
- Daniel Max P. Drucker, the 14 year old networks wizard.
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- "Difficulty! It's the single simplest machine in the entire Universe!" -HHGTTG
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